Do You Have Faith

In our ongoing study of the Word of God, we will now discuss faith. We're going to start off this discussion with the test of your faith. This is a test. This station is conducting a test of the emergency broadcasting system. This is only a test. This is a test of the emergency broadcasting system. The broadcasters of your area, in voluntary cooperation with federal, state, and local authorities, have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an emergency. This concludes this test of the emergency broadcast system. Now, in Matthew 21, 22, it clearly states, All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. Do you truly, fully believe what you are? I'll say it again. Matthew 21, 22. This is what Jesus said. And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. And now we're going to ask you another question. John 16, 24 clearly states, Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. Do you fully, truly believe? Once again, that's John 16, 24. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. Do you truly, fully believe? Now, if we take a look at James 1, 6. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like the wave of the sea, driven with the winds, and tossed. Romans 7. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord. Romans 8. For a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. So, if you want anything from God, you've got to ask in faith. No faith, you get nothing. There are kinds of faith. And there are 14 kinds of faith out there. And the last kind only applies to God, for the divine faith. So, basically, there are 13 kinds of faith that apply to man. And if you believe what I've just said to you, then you have shown your human faith in me. And that is number 13 on the list. I'm going to quickly give you the list here. And you can search this on your own time. But I'm going to give you these. There's the common faith. This applies to all Christians. Then there's the weak faith. That's basically people that don't know 100% the Bible. So they've got the weak faith. Then you've got the strong faith. And again, you have the little faith. Then you have the great faith. The unfeigned faith. The temporary faith. Then you have the historical faith. The mental faith. The active faith. The wavering faith. The unwavering faith. The human faith, which we've discussed already. And the divine faith, which applies to God. Remember, God planned the ages through faith. And He came into being, so He believed in Himself. He believed in the 2nd person of the Trinity. And also in the 3rd person of the Trinity. To accomplish their jobs. Now, one thing you've got to do here is never ask God for faith. Because that means that you don't even believe nothing that's written in the New Testament or the Old Testament. And how do you get faith? How do you want to grow in faith? Well, it's very simple. Take a look at Romans 10, 17. It says, So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. So if you want to increase your faith, pick up your Bible. Start reading. And simply believe everything that's written in the book. Okay, if a 5 year old child can simply believe everything. If you can tell your child, oh, Santa Claus exists and he's coming over. And we're going to leave him cookies and milk. And you believe that. Then why can't you simply believe the Bible? Now the law of faith is, according to your faith, be it unto you. And that's clearly written in Matthew 9, 29. According to your faith, be it unto you. So, if you believe you're going to get $50 from God. You're going to get $50 from God. If you ask for a million dollars and you truly believe with all your heart. And God's going to give you that money. Well then you're going to get your million dollars. I don't know what you're going to do with that million dollars. But between you and me, it's more headache. So you got to pay taxes on it anyway. Now, salvation is offered to all. But to achieve it, one must go into Mortal Kombat mode. And here comes the music, eh, right? So let's listen to the music. And let's play the clip. And let's take a look at 1 Timothy 6, 12. Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold on eternal life. Whereupon thou art also called. And hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. Okay. And then let's take a look at 2 Timothy 4, 7. I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith. Okay. So in order to fight a good fight, you don't need a fist. You don't need muscles. All you need is faith. And now let's listen to the song we're listening to. Fight!